methanation

[ meth-uh-ney-shuhn ]

nounChemistry.
  1. the process of converting a mixture, as of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, into methane.

Origin of methanation

1
First recorded in 1955–60; methane + -ation

Words Nearby methanation

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